It covers our needs X, but what about OLB?. I love Bowers at 8 and Mallett at 39. I dont like McCarthy in the third round at all. Sash is a solid player and pick. Smith and Cortez are good prospects as well.

It covers our needs X, but what about OLB?. I love Bowers at 8 and Mallett at 39. I dont like McCarthy in the third round at all. Sash is a solid player and pick. Smith and Cortez are good prospects as well.

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I have faith in McRath and Witherspoon. Plus we have Rennie, just a 3rd rounder last year. I think we have bigger needs than OLB, in the draft early.

I have faith in McRath and Witherspoon. Plus we have Rennie, just a 3rd rounder last year. I think we have bigger needs than OLB, in the draft early.

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I really liked the Curran pick last year, but I'm worried about his height for OLB.Looking foward to seeing an improvement from him in preseason and looking for a starting spot NEXT year. McRath and Witherspoon are average, but we still need a OLB with excellent coverage skills.

Pay Tulloch the money and save the 3rd rounder.
Also could Curran play ILB?

We currently don't have a LB that can cover, unless it's Curran, who none of us have seen enough of to make that judgement on. We need an OLB with great coverage skills. That might have been our weakest area on the whole team last year was LBs covering TEs.

Here's my updated Titans mock draft (04/22/11). With NO Trades. I think the Titans are going to try and trade down; but wont find a sutor. Alot of talk saying the Rams and Lions will try to trade up for #8 for Prince or Julio; but they have a ton of other needs and won't want to trade their 2nd/3rd. Therefore, we will not find a sutor.

I think Von is exactly what we need, an impact player for the D. I personally think Will Witherspoon can switch to MLB, in case Tulloch leaves in FA. Von will give us an edge runner, and be able to guard TE with his athletic ability. Coming into the 2nd round I predict Locker, Gabbert, Newton, and Mallett will all be gone and possibly Ponder. I'm really starting to like Dalton more and more. He's got ok size, roughly 6'2 215. He seems very smart, and seems to be able to make all the reads. Even though he's not the fastest, he can get outside the pocket and make some plays. Plus; he's a winner - 2nd all time for NCAA wins as a QB. Reminds me of Ryan Fitzpatrick. Jarvis Jenkins is also a good selection, which should allow JJ to move to DE if needed. Going into the 4th, we draft Greg Little.. basically because Kenny will probably be suspended. Nate Washington is nothing, Gage should get released, and Damian is still unproven - WR is a need and Little could help us instantly. Moffit will also produce OG depth, and could potential be a starter. Brandon Bair didn't put up GREAT stats, but is a big body (6'7 274) and just what we need; and good strength. Since we're looking for bigger DE, he's just what we need. Akeem Dent will also provide extra depth for our LB corp. Lee Smith can provide us the #3 blocking TE we need. Then finally, Allen Bradford can compete for the power RB the team needs.
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Miller will be long gone by 8, but even if he isn't, it would be a really dumb pick for the Titans.

We have been over this before. Miller is not a 4-3 linebacker. He is a 3-4 rush linebacker. Putting him at OLB in a 4-3 would be a huge waste of his talent. It would be absolutely insane to waste a high pick on a 4-3 OLB, a position with very little impact on the game. There's a reason you never ever see teams that run 4-3 defenses select OLBs in the first round. You just don't spend high picks (and give the big contracts that come with high picks) on players that won't have a major impact for you.

Seattle did it a with Aaron Curry (remember him? You probably don't because he rarely has an impact on games) and it got their GM fired because it was such a stupid pick. Do you really think Mike Reinfeldt (a guy who came from Seattle) would ever make that same mistake?

Miller will be long gone by 8, but even if he isn't, it would be a really dumb pick for the Titans.

We have been over this before. Miller is not a 4-3 linebacker. He is a 3-4 rush linebacker. Putting him at OLB in a 4-3 would be a huge waste of his talent. It would be absolutely insane to waste a high pick on a 4-3 OLB, a position with very little impact on the game. There's a reason you never ever see teams that run 4-3 defenses select OLBs in the first round. You just don't spend high picks (and give the big contracts that come with high picks) on players that won't have a major impact for you.

Seattle did it a with Aaron Curry (remember him? You probably don't because he rarely has an impact on games) and it got their GM fired because it was such a stupid pick. Do you really think Mike Reinfeldt (a guy who came from Seattle) would ever make that same mistake?

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I see what you're saying, but I'm more worried about swinging a missing at a DE. DE is actually the riskiest 1st round pick. I forgot the exact stat and where I saw it at, but the success rate of a DE becoming a good player (how ever they rated that) was significantly less than any other position. I attempted to try and find 4-3 OLBs, that were early draft picks... and there really isn't any. The only 43 OLB taken in the Top 10 I found was AJ Hawk, Aaron Curry, Keith Rivers, and Rolando McClain. None of them are "superstars"... I guess I just really want an impact Bulluck LB again.

This draft has got me all confused. I'm not high on Nick Fairley or any of the QBs worth the #8 pick. Robert Quinn & Da'Quan Bowers scare me and have bust potential all over them. Going to be a scary draft for me come Thursday.

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